Joe's Diner from Clifford Toys was the final plastic vehicle kindly donated by Bill that I had a go at doing up this week.
A gorgeous Sixties friction toy, it was basically all there except for a front grille, two bumpers and a couple of lights.
Oh, and Joe himself and his sunroof.
After a soapy bath, a rub down and a lighter liquid wash, I set to on the missing large front grille, cobbling one together from bits in my box and a patch of netting from an old bag. The C in the middle stands for Clifford I presume.
Complete and re-chromed, it wasn't the best job I'd done but looked OK' ish. I think I rushed it. A bit of old kit sprue with boiling-water bent-ends made a simple bumper. Two red lights finished the front.
Nothing to be done on the sides.
The rear just needed another bumper, once again a sprue did the trick.
Joe's still missing so no hot dogs just yet. Oh, and the sun roof!
Little jobs, big jobs. I'll keep you posted.
Hope you like it.
Nice work! I love that framed glass bubble rear window!
ReplyDeleteHey joe - get me a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy!
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